The E-1, like all AF cameras, has problems focusing as the light level drops.
I had a big problem the other night trying to take swimming pictures as the
light dropped. But I guess that I should have just packed it in, as I had to
go to ISO 3200, f/3.5, and 1/125 to get anyting usable. And they were pretty
bad compared to the pix just 1 hr before due to light loss.
As Moose points out, the AF performance for the E-1 isn't any different than
it's peer cameras, according to the big sites' reports. As usual, a faster
lens helps, and this is where Olympus still lags behind; their fast primes
aren't available yet (except the 50/2).
What I wish all the E-1 had was the option for a split image or a microprism
focusing screen to assist with manual focusing. This is a common problem with
most AF SLR's though (from any manufacturer). As the camera makers assume that
AF is always going to be on, they don't give us a way to do really accurate
manual focusing..
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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Digital
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 21:06:11 -0700
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Terry and Tracey wrote:
>
>>Yes, the religious argument continues!
>>
>>Thanks to everyone for your comments. From what I've heard the E1 is not as
>>good at low light focussing than the Nikon and Canon. This is a prime thing
>>for me.
>>
>I most recently brought up focusing difficulties I had with a demo E-1.
>I did NOT say that it had worse low light focus than the other DSLRs
>mentioned. The dpreview tests indicate that they are all similar in that
>regard. I talked about slow AF in modest light with the 50-200 above
>100mm. Others who own and use the E-1 regularly have said they don't
>have a problem or that it seems to have gone away with a firmware
>upgrade or that it isn't bad enought to bother them.
>
>Moose
>
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